In Tasmania sheep and wool growers have been put on notice to meet or exceed safety standards around shearing and sheep.

WorkSafe Tasmania's inspectorate has sent some wool growers letters advising inspectors will be visiting and checking shearing shed safety and farms' safety protocols and systems.

Proactive Agricultural Safety and Support chair, Anne Taylor says the Heads of Workplace Safety Authorities has initiated this focus on farming complying with work health and safety laws.

Worksafe Tasmania has been delegated shearing sheds, by Heads of Workplace Safety Authorities, whilst other states will focus on other commodities, including dairy and beef in Victoria, sheep production in NSW and fruit and vegetables in Queensland.

"Workplace inspectors are coming on a compliance campaign." she said.

"Wool growers [in Tasmania] will be visited and it will extend a bit further than just the shearing shed.

"They're looking at the safety management systems as a whole, as well."

Proactive solution to shearing shed safety concerns

This week and next, there's a series of shearing shed safety workshops to help

John Temperley from the Australian Centre for Agricultural Health and Safety and the University of Sydney is in Tasmania helping sheep and wool growers identify and fix shearing shed hazards.

He says if people take a proactive approach to safety on farms they'll exceed the standards and avoid prosecution or worse.

"I think you have to be optimistic in that the new legislation is framed so that people who can demonstrate that they've got health and safety systems and they're managing health and safety on farms, particularly the high risk hazards, they don't even appear before the courts.

"The health and safety officers aren't even instigating prosecutions.

"Where farmers are fixing and controlling the high risk hazards and dangers on farm, and can demonstrate that is happening, society and everybody is happy."